Mary Frost

Brooklyn

Writer and Editor at Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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Brooklyn’s legal community stands up for judges and the Rule of Law

1 week ago | brooklyneagle.com | Mary Frost

Attorneys rallied to support the Rule of Law and the independent judiciary in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Brooklyn’s legal community stood up for the Rule of Law on Thursday, as attorneys and supporters rallied at noon in front of the U.S. District Court in Downtown Brooklyn. In a moment heavy with symbolism, attorneys retook their Lawyers Oath. A core principle of the oath is supporting the U.S. Constitution.
Brooklyn jail construction is making life a sleepless hell, officials say

1 week ago | brooklyneagle.com | Mary Frost

An 18-story jail is under construction at 275 Atlantic Avenue, the site of the former Brooklyn Detention Center. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle BOERUM HILL — Residents of Boerum Hill and Downtown Brooklyn have been enduring sleepless night after sleepless night, victims of nonstop construction in the rush to build a new, 18-story “borough-based jail” on Atlantic Avenue.
Sinkhole on Old Fulton St. in Brooklyn Heights traps car

2 weeks ago | brooklyneagle.com | Mary Frost

A sinkhole opened on Old Fulton Street on Thursday, trapping a Nissan Altima up to its right front bumper. Photo courtesy of Eric Han BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — A sinkhole opened up on Old Fulton Street in Brooklyn Heights on Thursday around 12:46 p.m. — trapping a gray Nissan Altima up to its right front bumper. The incident happened at the busy intersection of Old Fulton with the Hicks Street entrance to the BQE.
Want an iconic Brooklyn street sign? Fuhgeddaboudit!

2 weeks ago | brooklyneagle.com | Mary Frost

The original ‘Leaving Brooklyn — Fuhgeddaboudit’ sign installed in 2004.
NYC mayoral candidates begin to roll out their housing policies

3 weeks ago | brooklyneagle.com | Mary Frost

Sen. Jessica Ramos, former Assemblyman Michael Blake, former comptroller Scott Stringer, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, Comptroller Brad Lander and Sen. Zellnor Myrie participate in a District Council 37 New York City mayoral forum, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in New York.
Hundreds join Way of the Cross procession over the Brooklyn Bridge

3 weeks ago | brooklyneagle.com | Mary Frost

Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians joined together in the solemn Good Friday Way of the Cross procession over the Brooklyn Bridge. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle BROOKLYN BRIDGE — Hundreds of the faithful filled the Brooklyn Bridge on Good Friday for the Way of the Cross, an annual procession commemorating Jesus Christ’s Passion and Crucifixion. The Catholic lay movement Communion and Liberation sponsored the procession, as it has since 1996.
Brooklyn’s seniors, disabled demand ‘Hands off Social Security!’

3 weeks ago | brooklyneagle.com | Mary Frost

On Wednesday’s National Day of Action for Social Security, elders in Brooklyn Heights chanted, “Hey hey, ho ho, Trump and Muck have got to go.” Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — New York City seniors and disabled rallied Tuesday at Social Security offices across the city to demand that Elon Musk and Donald Trump “keep their hands off” the agency and their benefits.
Quick response prevents Brooklyn Heights tower fire from turning into tragedy

1 month ago | brooklyneagle.com | Mary Frost

FDNY truck. Eagle file photo BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — A lightning-fast response by the Fire Department of New York and by-the-book reactions of building staff prevented a co-op fire at 101 Clark St. in Brooklyn Heights from turning tragic, the president of the co-op told the Brooklyn Eagle. Twenty units and 78 FDNY and emergency medical workers responded to the fire that broke out in an apartment on the 31st floor of the tower in the early hours of Thursday.
NYC health agencies conduct citywide mass-casualty drill

1 month ago | brooklyneagle.com | Mary Frost

The city staged a week-long drill to prepare for future health emergencies. Shown: The Brooklyn Hospital Center triaged patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle The city staged a week-long health emergency drill in late March to prepare for simultaneous attacks across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, in a scenario depicting mass casualties and a surge of patients with burn and trauma-related injuries.
Suspected Brooklyn Heights serial groper arrested

1 month ago | brooklyneagle.com | Mary Frost

Surveillance photo of the man accused of forcibly grabbing women in Brooklyn. Photo: NYPD BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Police have arrested a man suspected of a series of forcible groping incidents that had unnerved women in neighborhoods from Brooklyn Heights to Downtown Brooklyn since mid-March. Kalen Bell, 26, was arrested and charged at the 77th Precinct stationhouse in Crown Heights at 9:25 a.m. Tuesday.